Funded with $1 million from the Louisiana Legislature and overseen by the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, the LGL study found menhaden harvesting unintentionally caught an estimated 145 ...

“The study reaffirms what decades of science have consistently shown: Louisiana’s Gulf menhaden fishery is sustainable, ...

A closely watched study of how many redfish and other species the industrial menhaden industry nets and ultimately kills off ...

At the July Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting, LGL Ecological Research Associates presented the results of ...

A new study on bycatch in Louisiana's commercial menhaden fishery is largely being welcomed by the state's fishing industry, ...

Conservation and environmental groups will finally get the results of the first independent study on bycatch involving the ...

A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting tuna, sea turtles swept up in shrimp trawls and terrapins caught in crab ...

Bycatch for the future. The latest Fisheries Economics of the United States Report, from 2022, revealed that the U.S. commercial and recreational saltwater fishing industry generated $321 billion ...

Lighter nets, streamlined trawl doors, and smarter rigging choices are helping trawl captains burn less fuel, spend less time ...

Glenn Skinner, a commercial fisherman and the executive director of the North Carolina Fisheries Association, explained ...

Inland, gray squirrels at a bird feeder are also bycatch, as are other visitors. I scatter sunflower seeds for our avian ground feeders, which this year include dozens of robins.